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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60628</law_id><section_number>3.2-4764</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Production and Sale of Agricultural Products</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="47">Sale of Farm Produce</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Cotton Handlers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Cotton gin</span>&#x201D; means a facility where cotton seed and cotton lint are produced from raw cotton.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Cotton handler</span>&#x201D; means any person doing business as a <span class="dictionary">cotton gin</span>, <span class="dictionary">cotton merchant</span>, or <span class="dictionary">cotton warehouse</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Cotton merchant</span>&#x201D; means any person who buys cotton from a producer for the purpose of resale, or acts as a broker or agent for a producer in arranging the sale of cotton. The term does not include a person that buys cotton for his own use.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Cotton warehouse</span>&#x201D; means any enclosure in which producer-owned cotton is stored or held for longer than 48 hours.</p></section></text><history>2000, c. 584, &#xA7; 3.1-722.29; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
